As Rod cut the ribbon on the opening day of the Manchester Lab I knew most of the work was over and good job. My camera batteries were about to die, as I’d been taking snaps all day when the chance arose.

I think the photo captures Rod and the day in one. He can certainly entertain a bunch of techies, even if they have been acquired by Big Blue. Just before the picture, Rod had turned round to everyone, away from the camera and made a funny face.

It’s been a tough but enjoyable two days and now seeing all the stuff on the web from Livestream, on YouTube and twitter is great. I hope some of it makes it’s way around the web.